In 2025, fire departments serving La Paz County responded to 82 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
Road freight or transport vehicle fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Mar dips.
840 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 155 | |
| 2022 | 210 | |
| 2023 | 256 | |
| 2024 | 137 | |
| 2025 | 82 |
For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in La Paz County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 79% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Cibola | Special outside fire, other | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Salome | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Quartzsite | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Salome | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Quartzsite | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Quartzsite | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Brenda | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant |
| 8 | $70,000 | Quartzsite | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant |
| 9 | $70,000 | Salome | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | Vicksburg | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04012.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.